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English
Noun
market garden (plural market gardens)
- (chiefly UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
- Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- pleasure ground (section of a large garden not intended for edible plants)
- vegetable garden (garden or section of garden for edible plants intended for personal or household use)
- orchard (farm, garden, or section of garden for trees bearing edible fruit)
- truck farm (chiefly US, a large market garden or small farm)
Derived terms
Translations
a garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
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